Sylva, Ikeazor and others promote the use of gas in houses as a resource for climate change

Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, has lauded Nigerian women’s determination to partner with the government in the implementation of the National Gas Expansion Programme, under the aegis of the Nigeria Women for Gas and Green Initiative, and declared the Ministry’s endorsement and commitment to NW4GGi’s Gas-to-Home project.

Sylva, who was represented by the Senior Technical Assistant to the Minister, Brenda Atag, said that with a firm commitment to make at least a 30% significant impact in President Buhari’s 2060 Net-zero commitment and the FGN’s carbon emission reduction agenda and actions by 2030 as active climate action partners, she spoke in Abuja during the Clean and Green Nigeria campaign organized by the Nigeria Women for Gas and Green Initiative.

“As a government, we are dedicated to ensuring that LPG is available in every household in Nigeria,” he stated. We no longer want to see women in our nation using firewood. Our trees should be protected and preserved, and our ladies should be protected from avoidable respiratory illnesses. More real trading should be observed among our ladies.

“We cannot accomplish this without first and foremost enabling our women to accept and utilize gas, which has the potential to make a significant contribution to the clean energy movement and speed Nigeria’s transition to sustainable energy, as outlined in SDG objective 7.”

“We have established a mandate to assist organizations in deploying LPG, and we have begun doing so with access to CBN intervention funds, which provide SMEs with opportunities to develop micro businesses through Micro Distribution Centers that will be deployed in communities environs to bring LPG closer to homes for use, promoting clean and affordable energy.”

Sharon Ikeazor, Minister of State for the Environment, who was represented by Dr. Bukar Hassan, Director General of the National Great Green Wall Agency, acknowledged the ministry’s endorsement and support for the Nigeria Women for Gas and Green Initiative’s activities, particularly its tree-planting campaign and projects.

The event’s Chief Host and Launcher, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory, launched the Clean and Green Nigeria campaign logo, the #1 Woman, 1 Tree and the #1 Child, 1 Tree campaigns, as well as the Gas-to-Home initiatives. She advocated for harsher punishments for people who cut down trees without replanting them.

She pledged the Federal Capital Territory’s support for the Nigeria Women for Gas and Green Initiative’s Autogas Conversion Support program, as well as an appeal to include female auto mechanics in every Autogas Conversion training program organized by the NW4GGi’s technical arm to expedite the federal government’s Fuel-to-Gas transition program.

In her welcome address, the National Coordinator of the Nigeria Women for Gas and Green Initiative, Engineer Joyce Daser Adams, enjoined all to identify and champion the course on climate action to establish a meaningful movement to tackle climate change in other to leave the earth much better and safer for the next generation.

The event drew over 800 women from 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.